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Topic: Spaghetti Westerns

I've been a fan of the Sergio Leone 'Dollars' Trilogy for years and I've also seen 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and 'Django'.. Although I've been familiar with the genre for years, I haven't seen that many...

Just got 'The Big Silence' with Klaus Kinski.. I'm pretty excited to see it.. I love Klaus Kinski from all the films he did with Werner Herzog..

Could anyone please give me some other suggestions as to what spaghetti westerns i should watch next?

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I've not seen a good many beyond the most notable and regularly named droppedbut I can say The Great Silence (1966), A Bullet For The General (1966) and Death Rides A Horse (1967) (great title, btw ) are all very enjoyable entries.I think wolfman's the head honcho when it comes to westerns around these parts - I'm sure he could add some good suggestions as well

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Yep, Wolfy loves him some westerns. Send him a PM for when he gets back from vacation. There's someone else who is conversant in the genre (Wolfy & him were talking about them one night), but I forget who.

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That would be me.

But, like Deadie, there aren't many beyond the ones you typically hear about that I've seen.

One which does spring to mind, though, is a Hong Kong movie called Peace Hotel, which stars Chow Yun Fat as a reformed killer who runs a shelter for people seeking refuge from bandits and other villains. Like just about any HK flick it has its bizarre moments, but it nevertheless carries a strong spaghetti western vibe.

It also happens to be one of my favorite Chow Yun Fat flicks, so I recommend giving it a go.

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Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) is the director's homage to spaghetti westerns and features some input as well as an acting turn from Quentin Tarantino. I thought it was very inventive, I'd suggest checking that out as well

An homage, sure. Though I think it's less an homage and more a deliberate attempt to make a spaghetti western, except with a Chinese cast. Unlike most frenetic, high-energy HK period films, this is more a melodramatic character piece with the occasional action setpiece which ends, like most spaghetti westerns, with a stand-off between the hero and a whole gang of baddies.

Some Chow fans complain that it doesn't meet the action standards of other classic Chow flicks (A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hardboiled, etc.) but what they don't seem to realize is that those films are JOHN WOO films first and foremost, and that Chow is merely the star. Chow co-wrote this flick, and while I believe Woo loaned some producorial assistance, he neither wrote nor directed it.

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I thought El Condor was pretty rad. Not technically a spaghetti western, but it's got the vibe of one. It's worth watching just to see Lee Van Cleef play a more comedic part (rather well I might add) Plus Jim Brown is an eternal bad-ass

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LoudLon wrote:

That would be me.

But, like Deadie, there aren't many beyond the ones you typically hear about that I've seen.

One which does spring to mind, though, is a Hong Kong movie called Peace Hotel, which stars Chow Yun Fat as a reformed killer who runs a shelter for people seeking refuge from bandits and other villains. Like just about any HK flick it has its bizarre moments, but it nevertheless carries a strong spaghetti western vibe.

It also happens to be one of my favorite Chow Yun Fat flicks, so I recommend giving it a go.

yes lonnie i did speak to you about SW'S and creature as well. good stuff .